Combination-razor.



V. T. MILLER.

COMBINATION RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-18.1913.

Patented June 13, 1916.

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COMBINATION-RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 13, 1916.

Application filed December 18, 1913. Serial No. 807,421.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VOLNEY T. MILLER, acitizen of the United States, residing in Ness City, in the county ofNess and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful is aspecification.

My lnventlon relates to improvements in The body of the razor consistsof two members, of thin narrow strips of metal, held together by apivot, near their back end, and dovetailing together at their fore end,thus forming a blade arm. On one member are two vertical posts on whichthe blade is hung, the said vertical posts fitting into notches on theopposite member. The blade is duplex and is hung between the bodymembers. The safety plate is a detachable sheet metal at a veryinsignificant cost, yet

the razor meets all the requirements of a safety razor, and obviatesmany of the disadvantages of the razors now on the market. The blade issharp on both sides and reversible. One cutting edge is safely protectedbetween the two members of the arm,

' thus one edge can be strapped, honed and used, till its eliiciency isgone, and the blade reversed, presenting a new keen edge.

My invention contemplates numbering or lettering each cutting edge ofthe blade, so that the operator may be able to know the sharp edge fromthe used edge. Moreover,

the parts may be easily cleaned after each operation, by reason of beingdetachable and simple.

Further details of construction are set forth in the followingspecification and claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side view of the razor complete; Fig. 2 isa perspective view of the safety guard plate; Fig. 3' is a perspectiveview of the members of the body of the razor; Fig. 4 is a side View ofthe razor blade; Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view showing the safetyplate locking device.

Similar numbers, refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The body; of this razor consists of two long thin narrow strips ofmetal, 1 and 2 held together near their back end by a pivot 13, aboutwhich the two members rotate. The member 1 has two notches 3 in itsfront edge in register with, and forming seats for the blade holdingposts 5 in the member 2. These notches are wide enough to seat the posts5, and when the two members are locked together the front side of theposts 5 will be flush with the front edge of the member 1. The outer endof the member 1 is cut oblique to dovetail into the groove 7 on themember 2.

The member 2 has, near its fore end, two

posts 5, turned to right angles of its-inside surface, stamped out ofthe metal of the member. These posts are of suflicient length and widthto fit into the holes 12 in the razor blade and are approximately longenough to equal the thickness of the member 1. These posts register withthe notches 3 and are the posts which hold the blade in place and alsohold the member 1 from passing forward. of the member 2. At the forwardend of the member 2, the metal is turned up approximately as high as theposts 5 and a dovetail groove 7 is cut in its back side. The back end ofeach member has enlargements 14 with notches 17 cut'therein toaccommodate one finger of the operator.

On the front edge of each member, and equally distant from the notches 3or the posts 5 there are teats 4.. These teats are an elongation of themembers and are cut away on their under side approximately one half oftheir thickness. On their under side, and at their back end, there aregrooves 16 to accommodate't he shoulder in the safety plate.

The blade 11' consists of a thin steel blade,

sharp on both sides and having four holes 12, two on each side, and ofsufficient distance from each other and of sufiicient size to registerw'th the posts 5 when desired. Each pair ofholes is located a convenientdistance back of its cutting edge, thus making the blade reversible.

The safety plate 8 is a comb plate of thin resilient metal, having ashoulder to compensate the difference of surface of the outside of thebody of the razor, and the surface of the razor blade. In this shoulderthere is an oblong hole 9 at the bottom of which there is a shoulder 15.The back side of the safety plate is bent slightly down at teeth 10.

its outer corners, thus forming a spring holding the entire safety plateaway from the body. When it is desired to lock the safety plate on tothe razor, it is necessary for the operator to press down and backwardon the center of the plate till the teat 4 passes through the hole 9.When the pressure is removed the spring of the plate will seat theshoulder 15 in the groove 16 on the under side of the teat 4. On thefront side of the safety plate there is a series of comb The operationof the razor is very simple. To insert the blade the members are openand the blade is hung on the posts 5. The members are then closed, theoblique end of the member 1 do'vetailing into the end of the member 2.The fact of the blade being between the two members slightly opens themembers .at their outer end, and when they are crowded together theyform a spring which holds the dovetail together sufficiently secure forall practical purposes. The guard plate is then attached as hereinbefore noted. This guard plate can be instantly removed and attached toeither side of the blade as desired.

4 I claim I 1. A razor of the character specified having a bodyconsisting of two thin narrow strips of metal held together by a pivotat one end around which both members rotate and dovetailing together attheir fore end when desired, one member having two vertical posts on.its inside front edge and the other member having two notches inregister with said posts, both members havingmidway of their notches orvertical posts a grooved lock teat on their outside front edge; a thinsteel blade, sharp on both sides,"

having a pair of holes back of each cutting edge; a detachable safetyplate having a shoulder to register with the groove in the lock teat onthe front side of either member, as desired, all substantially asdescribed.

2. In combination with two rotating blade arm members each having a lockteat on its front side, on the under backside of which thereis a groove,a detachable safety plate of thin resilient metal having a hole throughwhich said teat passes and having a shoulder below said hole in registerwith the groove on the lock teats; a blade and means of holding itbetween the blade arm as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A blade arm comprising two rotating blade arm members, the front sideof each member having a projection or teat in com- 7 bination with adetachable comb plate having a shoulder parallel with its edges andhaving in said shoulder a hole through which either of said projectionspass, when desired; a blade and means for holding it to the blade arm asand for the purposes set forth.

AHA razor of the character described comprising two mating bladecarrying arms pivotally connected and a blade carried thereby, each'armhaving a lock groove adj acent its front edge, a separable guard platehaving a longitudinal shoulder to abut the front edges of the arms, andhaving an opening in such shoulder midway between its ends, and alocking element adjacent said opening for, engaging the aforesaid lockgroove in the blade carrying arms.

. VOLNEY T; MILLER.

. Witnesses:

. J. R. WATSON,

C. H. BRASSFIELD.

